For Christmas 2019, I made my dad some scrappy placemats to replace the pretty gross ones he had when I visited him in early 2019. The deal was that if I made him new ones, he would get rid of the old ones. I was only able to make 4 in time for Christmas, but I promised more would come.
I didn't get them done for 2020 Christmas but I am ahead of the game for Christmas 2021! I finished 6 more (only 4 pictured, as my table isn't very big) so he will have 10. And hopefully now can get rid of the gross ones that couldn't be washed. These are machine washable which will be an improvement.
I used 2" scraps of Kona solids in any shade of blue, green, or brown and sewed them completely randomly. There are 80 squares in each placemat. The binding is black, because when I made the first batch, I knew I could "match" black and wouldn't be able to match anything else. That was a good choice on my part, knowing that I would not remember the right color years later. I also have to say, I know a lot of people love machine stitching binding, but this further reminded me that I hate it. I bound all of these by machine and wish I hadn't, especially since I have plenty of time until Christmas. Oh, well. They are finished now!
Great project, and such a simple thing to do. I hope he really does throw the grungy ones away!
ReplyDeleteThat's a nice group of placemats, Emily. I'm not a big fan of finishing my binding by machine either. I'd rather hand sew; it's therapeutic.
ReplyDeleteThose are really pretty. I am curious what part of the machine sewn binding didn't you like?
ReplyDeleteI love these Emiy! I have a TON of 2" scraps from colour wash days, so may have to do this, though I have no need of more placemats...kind of like quilts, but I make 'em anyhow!
ReplyDeleteEmily I’m sure your Dad will be thrilled to have more pretty placemats. What a great way to use those scraps. 😉
ReplyDeleteVery elegant placemats!!!
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